Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-05-01

/ onu Ti1tfla was III lToDt Oh me,
my face was toward the wall; / was
lying between Al and Emma; could
not swear who fired the shots or
struck me because l didn't see him;
my recollection IL not sufficiently clear
to recollect very much; / don't know
whether anyone else was In the room
beside the ones / named; had no
conversation with Emma Richmond
at all; when | got out of bed the only
person | saw WAS Frank Smith; did
not notice anything in his hand at
that time.
Maud Hewitt testified as follows:
live in Miles City; Oh the Goth and
21sh of December resided at Emma
Richmond's; didn't know Al Smith;
have seen him; the last time saw
him alive Was at Emma Richmond's
In the psrlor on Christmas night, that
Is o'clock in the morning Of the 26th;
/ never saw him any more until | saw
him dead; seen him dead about 8
O'Clock Of the afternoon Of the 26th of
December; he was lying on the bed
In the room where he WAS shot: went
there because seen everybody else
going; l know nothing about the
shooting; heard two shots fired; was
In my room at the time; the shots
came from the back part of the build
ing; as soon as heard the first shot
fired ] heard someone say Frank.
you have shot your own dear brother" f"
and then 1 heard another shot; did
not recognize the voice; was so excit-
ed | didn't know whether Ii was q
mans voice or womsD's; | locked
my door aud stayed In my room; just
H. quick as the shooting was done
Miss Clara ran into my room; she did
NOT say anything when she came in;
when | went into the room Ais body
Was lying on its back, on the front Of
the bed; / seen nothing in the room
that would indicate that "A tragedy bad
taken place; the furniture was all
tossed up. They came In about
o'clock and were laughing and talking
and all feeling goad; seen Milt Rus
sell and somebody else taking Frank
to jail; he was throwing himself
around aud wanted to go back to Al;
| have not the least idea who fired the
shots.
Ella Wright testified rs follows:
Reside in Miles City; was living III
Emma Richmond's on the 2sth OF
December, 1856; seen Frank and Al
Smith there during the day,
first seen them 10 the after
noon; seen them Christmas night;
didn't see him after midnight that
| remember; don't remember whal
time | went to bed; lat saw Frank
aud A! at Emma Ricomond's; last
saw Al alive on the 26th Of December
about 10 o'clock ut night; didn't Sc,
him again until Monday and he wa
dead; Frank Smith came into my
room with a gun; he put 1t TO bi'
temple; he WAS crazy drunk; ran oul
Of the house across the street and
didn't return for an hour, and when
came back Al Smith was dead; Frank
said nothing, when he came into my
room; had seen him in the evening
before that; heard the shots on tha
evening; had run out of the bous'
and was not In il at all, and know
nothing about it; heard no quarrel
ing between them all.
Milton Prickett testified as follows
Live in Miles City; was in the hous
Of Emma Richmond after the tragedy
was summoned there on the coroner
!, Jury at the inquest; examined the be'
to determine how many shots wer
fired; we found bullet hole through
the body; We also found bullet hol
In the wall of the room, about eighteeI
inches from the head Of the bed an'
about the same distance above tn
. bed; we examined on the outside O
! the building; the bullet hole seemed 4
be fresh; noticed lead on the wood
Frank Smith was before the coroner
jury; | think he made admission in re
gard to this shooting; it was takeI
down in writing.
, Louis King testified as follows:
live In Miles City; don't know mucl
about the matter; man came up {
: the saloon; he told me, you better x
down 10 Emma the Blondes; l wen
in the room and ordered everybod
out except the doctor; Mr.. Smith wa
. sitting on a chair; | called Phil Yor
and said you had better take these tw
2 men to jail; he got hold Of Smith an
they both went out; sent for th
I sheriff and he came In; Emma tn
/ Blonde came In; she was crying an
. sac says, 1 killed him; | asked he
' what she done with the gun; she sal
7 she threw 1t in the stove; we couldn
l find 1t; she was drunk; everybody NJ
peared 10 be drunk when I went q
: there; Frank was hollering Oh, m
brother, aud was crying; Phil Yor
took HIN to Jail with Milt.
. Thomas II. Irvine testified as fol